There were many great Irish sweaters at the St. Patrick's parade. So many hand-loomed, store-bought patterned knits looked like they were great quality. Is it really worth all the effort to knit one myself when I can buy one, ordering by clan?
Clanarans.com sells beautiful, reasonably priced sweaters for all family member. Irish Path is a great site about all things Irish and explains that Irish don't have clans, they have Septs. They also debunked the long believed story of a fisherman lost at see found dead and identified by his sweater pattern. They claim the origin is a play from the early 1900's and the fiction involved knit socks.
Still, myth or not, I believe that fisherman knit patterns reflect different objects from life and nature. Cables? Fishermen ropes. Honeycomb pattern? Beehives. I am thinking Cascade yarn using Patons pattern, Must Have Cardigan.
Michelle did a great job on her Must Have Cardigan. If I start now, I can wear my own sweater to the 2010 parade.
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